As with regular disk objects, you can perform deeper analysis, create copies of the images, etc. Double-click the found partitions to open them and recover the data. You may also be able to recognize the partition by its file system, size, or other disk parameters.ģ. 4: VHD disks as recognized partitions on the host disk Click image to enlarge They will be marked in either red or green. Locate the VHD disks among the recognized partitions. In the Scan dialog, choose the appropriate file system for the partition you are searching for (NTFS in our case).Ģ. Scan the disk (the logical volume or the entire hard disk drive) on which the VHD disk files resided.
See File Recovery Basics: How Data Recovery Works for details.ġ. This method will only work if the VHD disk files are unfragmented. Scenario 3: Virtual Hard Disks are stored on a disk with damaged file system and cannot be accessed directly
Process the opened VHD disk files in R-Studio as regular disk objects. 3: VHD disk files opened in R-Studio as disk images Click image to enlargeĢ. You may have to change file types to "All files" on the Open Image File dialog box to see files with the default VHD disk file extension. These steps can also be used if your Windows versions cannot attach a VHD disk directly (e.g. Scenario 2: Virtual Hard Disk files are corrupted and cannot be attached to the system 2: Attached VHD disks in R-Studio's Drives pane Click image to enlarge Process the attached VHD disks in R-Studio as regular disks. They will also appear as normal disks in R-Studio.Ģ.
If successfully mounted, the partitions will be assigned drive letters. 1: VHD disks attached to computer Click image to enlarge Attach the VHD image to the system from the Windows Disk Management utility. Scenario 1: Virtual Hard Disks are healthy and can be attached in WindowsĪttaching a VHD file directly in a host operating system requires Windows 7 or later.ġ. As such, the ability to recover data from a VHD image can be very valuable. Just like physical hard drives, VHD files are at risk for corruption, accidental deletion, virus attacks and other causes of data loss. But a VHD can also be attached directly in Windows 7 (or later). A VHD file is typically used as a logical disk in a virtual machine. A VHD file will have the same contents of a formatted physical hard disk drive, including a boot record, disk partitions, file systems, files and folders. VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) is a file format used by Microsoft Virtual PC to represent a virtual hard disk drive (HDD).
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